Once, Indonesia's President Suharto was considered a demigod by his people; a leader whose power over his country of more than 17,000 islands…
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October 15, 1996
October 11, 1996
Jakarta – After enduring 21 years of brutal occupation at the hands of the Indonesian military, the East Timorese people deserve the long-…
September 18, 1996
James Balowski – Despite the ongoing crackdown against PRD (People's Democratic Party) members and other pro-democracy activists, when John Howard…
August 29, 1996
The rapid development of Indonesia's pulp and paper industry will put yet more pressure on the country's already severely depleted forests.
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Hundreds of thousands of hectares of pristine tropical peat forests in Central Kalimantan are about to be destroyed for a huge rice development…
August 1, 1996
In our last issue we described how Indonesia, and especially Kalimantan's gold belt has become a honeypot for Canadian companies. They are hoping…
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Garuda Indonesian Airline offices in Europe and Australia, are starting to become targets of protests against the Suharto regime, after the regime…
February 28, 1996
The long-running dispute between the Bentian people of East Kalimantan and the logging company PT Kahold Utama remains unresolved. The dispute…
February 19, 1996
Jakarta – The head of NU Abdurrahman Wahid said yesterday that he is not convinced that a number of Maduran's went to Kalimantan to "…
February 1, 1996
In West Kalimantan too, indigenous people are struggling to defend their customary land against commercial interests.
Early in 1995 a…
September 19, 1995
Max Lane – It's surprising that any observer of Indonesian society and politics could accept the official line that Indonesia's approach to the…
March 22, 1995
By Noam Chomsky - January 1995
In January of 1995, Noam Chomsky paid a visit to Australia and gave a number of lectures. This is an…
February 1, 1995
Rudy Habibie is arguably Indonesia's most influential citizen, after President Suharto, of course. Although officially he only holds the humble…
July 1, 1994
This article originally appeared in Links - International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Issue…
Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto received a substantial endorsement on Tuesday as the influential figure, Erick…
M. Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The pros and cons of implementing 12 percent VAT by January 1, 2025, were responded to by the Chair of the National…